Family Favorite Southern Recipes

Hundreds of southern family favorite recipes - some passed on from generation to generation, others new family favorites. From Balsamic Glazed Pot Roast to Chicken Fried Chicken - from Homemade Ice Cream with Bourbon Caramel Sauce to Texas Sheet Cake and Glazed Pecans.

March means it’s Rodeo Season in Houston! Bring on the boots, the food, the music, the food….. When Nathan and I think about rodeo foods, we immediately think of smoked turkey legs. Juicy, fall off the bone tender, crispy, crackling skin, melt in your mouth delicious smoked turkey legs. Have you ever smoked a turkey leg?…

Twice Baked Potatoes. Double Baked Potatoes. Whatever you call them, they’re one of my favorite comfort foods. So very, very many mouthwatering adjectives could be used to describe this wonderful dish from my childhood. Delicious, Creamy, Cheesy, Comforting, Rich…. the list goes on and on. This is a combination of two of my favorite dishes…

When we went on our first Carnival Cruise in 2010 – everyone said: Eat the Melting Chocolate Cake. It’s to die for, it’s the best thing on the ship, it’s legendary, it’s incredible, their chocolate cake is the thing of legends. Seriously, every single person told us to try the molten lava, volcano chocolate, melting…

I’m all about delicious, and easy foods – and this baked brie topped with walnuts, bacon, and honey is extremely easy to make and super delicious, too! Thank you Fisher Nuts for sponsoring this scrumptious appetizer! Have you ever had baked brie? It’s rich and creamy, and lends itself to a number of toppings and…

This Grilled Barbecue Chicken Pizza and Bacon is the perfect party food! Easy to make and serves a crowd. Thank you Kraft Barbecue Sauce for sponsoring this post. It’s no secret that I love to grill – I’ve shared pictures of our multiple grills with y’all and I share grilling recipes pretty frequently. One of…

Do you want to build a snowman? No? How about a Bloody Mary? Yes? I knew you were my kinda people. Huge Thank you to Absolut for sending me an incredible complete bar set up, that scrumptious bottle of Absolut Peppar (my favorite) and a gift card to have a Bloody Mary brunch in celebration…

It’s finally here! The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap Recipe Reveal Day! Today is the day that I can share the recipe for the easiest shortbread cookies! This was my 2nd year participating in the Food Blogger Cookie Swap and I love it! Not only are delicious cookies shipped from food bloggers all across…

Bacon, Pecans, and Sugar OH MY! You can’t go wrong with ingredients like those! a huge thank you Fisher Nuts for sponsoring this post I’m not one for jumping on bandwagons, and while I love bacon – I don’t think that every single food out there needs bacon added to it, however… the saltiness and savoriness…

This garlic bread is the garlickiest garlic bread you’ll ever meet. Should you want to repel vampires, this is the recipe for you. Do you see those rich, gold swirls of color in the bread? That’s garlic and olive oil. Have you ever seen a garlic bread that was so infused with flavor that you…

This cheesy spicy black bean avocado dip might be one of the easiest, and most versatile recipes I’ve ever made. I love food that’s a hot mess. Food that is spreadable, dippable, and just makes you feel happy when you eat it. Hot mess food is rarely pretty to look at, certainly doesn’t…

I don’t know if there’s an official chocolate season, but I think the entire month of October leading up to Halloween, and probably November and December and January… well, let’s just call it October through February shall we? Chocolate season is October through February. That’s a lot of chocolate, y’all. A lot of chocolate cookies,…

Can we talk a little about kitchen magic? The kind of magic that occurs when you take basic ordinary ingredients like flour, sugar, eggs, and spices – but what happens once those ingredients are combined is anything but ordinary; it’s kitchen magic. I firmly believe that banana bread and banana nut muffins are made of…